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University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric
UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.
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Student competition brings Leicester playwright’s alter ego to life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/edna-welthorpe-competition
A popular creative writing competition launched by the University of Leicester is once again open for entries – this year supported by the fashion-legend Dame Vivienne Westwood.
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Employee involvement can help solve the productivity puzzle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-employee-involvement-solve-productivity-puzzle
A group of people gathered around a table in an office environment|University of Leicester expert calls for fresh thinking on how to involve employees in the work place A new report by Professor Stephen Wood, Professor of Management at the University of Leicester suggests...
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Book written by Leicester academic evaluating the Euro Crisis in Cyprus released
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/book-written-by-leicester-academic-evaluating-the-euro-crisis-in-cyprus-released
A new book entitled ‘A Diary of the Euro Crisis in Cyprus: lessons for Bank Recovery and Resolution’, written by former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus Professor Panicos Demetriades from our School of Business, has been published by Palgrave-Macmillan.
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Italian astronaut to share experiences of historic missions at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/walter-villadei-talk-770
Colonel Walter Villadei to speak at University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park on Tuesday, February 11 at 3pm
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Sir Maurice Shock LLD 19262018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/sir-maurice-shock-lld-1926-2018
Sir Maurice, who was also an honorary graduate of the University, was knighted in the New Year’s Honours List in 1988 in recognition of his services to Leicester and the wider academic community.
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NarcoData
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/narcodata/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 A new data visualization tool created by Mexican digital news site Animal Politico and data journalism platform Poderopedia , which aims to provide a visual mapping of drug cartels...
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LGBT Hate crime under-reported
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/29/lgbt-hate-crime-under-reported/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 29, 2015 88% of UK LGBT people have experience emotional or physical hate crime and only 14% have felt able to report the most recent crimes to the police.
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Oxfam launch land rights website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/oxfam-launch-land-rights-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 Oxfam have now gathered together reports, news and indicators on all aspects of their work on land rights on a new website .
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UK and Business with EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/uk-and-business-with-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 Business for Britain A new lobby group campaigning to press the government to renegotiate the UK’s deal with the EU. See news and the signatories on the website.